about

Fascination drivenPlayfulPoeticDynamic

Toer likes to get space to play.

Toer is a multidisciplinary design collective from the Netherlands, founded in 2011 by Castor Bours (1984) and Wouter Widdershoven (1986). With backgrounds in the arts and interactive design and a strong explorative and experimental approach, they are able to push both the aesthetical and technical boundaries of design while using a wide variety of media.

Toer is working across various domains of the applied arts, such as light objects and installations, interactive experiences, and innovative products and interfaces. Toer gained global attention for projects like Cumulus, an autonomous parasol that inflates to a cloud-like shape using solar energy, Fiet, a kinetic light sculpture that reacts to movements in its environment, and Shaped by Time, a clock that shapes itself by the passage of time.

Their interactive installations are presented worldwide at international festivals and platforms like Singapore, Toronto, Sydney, Wellington, Baltimore, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, London and Seoul.

Toer follows its fascination for physical movement in the day-to-day environment and applies a playful and experimental approach.